Announcing the iOS Game Starter Kit
Do you want to build your own app and make money on the side? A year ago, we launched appcoda.com and started to publish extensive iOS programming tutorials. We love the hands-on approach to learn programming. So in every...
iOS Programming Tutorial: Creating a Universal App
A universal app is a single app that is optimized for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad devices. From user’s perspective, this provides the best user experience without downloading two different versions of apps. When user opens...
Creating Hello World App Using Xcode 5 and Interface Builder
Update: As Apple released Xcode 6 and Swift, we’ve updated the Hello World tutorial here. The Hello World tutorial was the first programming article written for our free programming course. We think it’s time to...
Customizing Navigation Bar and Status Bar in iOS 7
Like many of you, I have been very busy upgrading my apps to make them fit for iOS 7. The latest version of iOS introduces lots of visual changes. From a developer’s perspective, the navigation bar and status bar are two...
iOS Localization Tutorial: Localize Your Apps to Support Multiple Languages
Editor’s note: This week let’s talk about localization. In brief, localization is a process to adapt a product to a particular language. Not all iPhone users can read or write English. If you just release your app in...
How To Fetch and Parse JSON Using iOS SDK
Editor’s Note: This week, Ziad Tamim will show you how to fetch and parse JSON. In this tutorial, we will be focusing on adding JSON support to your iOS apps by demonstrating how to create a simple app using Meetup API. The...
How To Add a Slide-out Sidebar Menu in Your Apps
Editor’s note #1: This post has been updated for Xcode 6 and iOS 8. The demo app now supports the latest version of SWRevealViewController. Editor’s note #2: If you’re using Swift, please check out the Swift...
How to Use UIPageViewController to Build Tutorial Screens
Editor’s note: For the very first time you launch an app, you’ll probably find a series of tutorial screens to walk you through the basic features. It’s a common practice to explain how the app works. This week,...